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Need help preparing for an ISO audit or improving your QMS? Contact Sterling
Sterling Foster is a results-driven quality professional with over 30 years of Quality Management experience. He is a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence, an ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, and an IATF 16949:2016 Lead Auditor. Sterling has held leadership positions in manufacturing and warehouse environments, including Director of Quality, Quality Manager, and Quality Systems Leader in aerospace, automotive, and medical device environments. He also brings practical experience supporting CNC machining, screw machining, and Electro-Mechanical Assemblymanufacturing operations.
30+ Years of Quality Management Experience
ISO 9001:2015 & IATF 16949 Lead Auditor
CNC Machining, Screw Machining & Electro-Mechanical Experience
Sterling Foster
Founder | Senior Quality Consultant
Planned, objective internal audits for CNC machining, screw machining, and Electro-Mechanical Assemblyoperations that evaluate conformity, process effectiveness, documentation, and follow-up actions.
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Improve process documentation, quality objectives, work instructions, management review inputs, and overall system effectiveness.
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Strengthen root cause investigation, containment, corrective action, and effectiveness review to prevent recurrence and reduce quality costs.
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Prepare for upcoming ISO or customer audits with focused gap review, documentation checks, and prioritized action planning.
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Flexible ongoing support for quality systems, process review, production environments, and off-site day-to-day quality engineering needs.
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Support for process-driven environments such as CNC machining, screw machining, and electro-mechanical manufacturing, with focus on documented processes, work instructions, inspection readiness, and measurable performance.
Improve readiness for audits by strengthening corrective action, management review, process performance tracking, and objective evidence across production and quality activities.
Sterling Foster brings over 30 years of Quality Management experience and has held leadership roles across aerospace, automotive, medical device, manufacturing, and warehouse environments.
Founder | Senior Quality Consultant
His background includes ISO 9001:2015 based audits, Lean / Six Sigma initiatives, and support for PPAP, APQP, Aerospace pFMEA, and Medical Device IQ, OQ, and PQ readiness tools.
Quality Systems & Audit Consultant
Sterling helps clients improve quality, reduce inspection time, strengthen corrective action, improve customer satisfaction, and lower the cost of poor quality.
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